Chapter 246: Fierce Battle, the Pillars Collapse On the other hand, Zhao Yun and others arrived at the rear of Fanchang Stronghold and sent a message to Liu Bei. When Liu Bei saw the letter, he was overjoyed and quickly called everyone to discuss how to defeat the enemy. As a result, just as everyone gathered together, they heard a report from a scout outside the camp that Sun Ce was leading thousands of soldiers out of the camp and heading west. Upon hearing this news, Liu Bei was stunned and asked everyone: "Now our army's reinforcements have just arrived and we are about to attack the enemy's main camp. Why is Sun Ce's army leaving the camp again?" When everyone heard this, they buried their heads in deep thought. Only Qin Zhen and Liu Ye looked at each other, then smiled and said: "It must be that Taishi Ziyi sent troops to Chungu, causing Sun Ce to go and reinforce!" Facing the judgment of the two, Liu Bei pondered again and estimated that there were about sixteen to seventeen thousand people in Sun Ce's camp. Now Taishi Ci has sent away several thousand soldiers and horses. If they launch another surprise attack, how can they not take the camp? However, since the matter had not been confirmed yet, he sent someone to the river to gather information. Unexpectedly, the spy had just set out when he received a military report from Zhuge Liang. It is said that Chungu has been captured, and Sun Ce’s troops are now being dispatched to reinforce, so that a surprise attack can be launched on the enemy’s main camp!

Looking at the military report sent by Zhuge Liang, even Liu Bei couldn't help but say with joy: "Ziyi Kongming is indeed effective. He has already taken Chungu and captured Sunhe." "Sun Lang's departure today is indeed Kong Ming's plan. If our army wants to defeat the enemy, it must be tonight." Everyone in the tent smiled happily upon hearing this. Liu Ye hurriedly said: "There is no time to lose. We can mobilize our troops tonight to attack the enemy camp. When the two generals see us, they will surely attack from behind." "If we attack from both sides like this, the enemy camp will be hard to defend!" But as soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zhen smiled and said: "Although this method is feasible, it is difficult to achieve complete success. I have a plan that will ensure that all enemy troops will be defeated here!" Seeing that Qin Zhen had another brilliant plan, Liu Bei hurriedly asked for advice, and Qin Zhen revealed the plan in detail. Upon hearing this, Liu Bei immediately followed the plan and made arrangements. He marched out of the camp at night. That night, the sky was still overcast and it looked like a heavy rain was about to fall. Since Sun Ce left, Han Dang and others have been guarding the camp closely, increasing the number of defensive troops in various places, and dividing the generals into three patrol shifts. The two veteran generals Han Dang and Huang Gai were on duty in the first and second half of the night to prevent Liu Bei from launching a surprise attack. It was midnight, and the two veterans were officially changing shifts. Suddenly, a wisp of autumn wind blew, bleak and biting. Huang Gai couldn't help but tighten his collar and said: "It's only autumn now, not winter yet, why is it so cold?" Seeing him like this, Han Dang couldn't help but stroke his beard and smiled: "Brother, do you think we are still young?" "Although you and I have fought for more than ten years, it seems that in this autumn, the years have passed." "You must respect your age and put on more clothes to avoid catching a cold again." Huang Gai, who never accepted his old age, straightened his back and said: "Don't mention this season, even if it's the coldest time of the year, I can still fight in a single layer of clothing!" "Lian Po was still brave at the age of seventy. How can we accept old age when we do not know our destiny?" Han Dang saw this and nodded with a smile: "That's right, that's right. If you don't age, then neither will I." "Brother, go to bed first and come back to guard in the second half of the night!"

Huang Gai was convinced and said nothing more. He went back to the tent. Looking at the dark clouds in the sky, with a hint of red in the darkness, he couldn't help but frown and said: "The sky is red, is it going to change?" As he spoke, he shook his head again, and thinking of the late Sun Jian, he became more worried. But at this moment, he suddenly heard shouts and screams from the west, which startled him so much that he lost all sleepiness. He turned around and found Han Dang and said, "Where does the noise come from? Could it be a night attack by the enemy?" Han Dang was also confused when he heard it. After listening carefully, his expression suddenly changed and he said: "Oh no! The enemy may be attacking our western camp!" Huang Gai frowned when he heard this and said: "Now that the lord is leading his troops to reinforce Spring Valley, the enemy will most likely discover it." "If the West Camp falls, the lord's rear will be attacked by the enemy." "My dear brother, please stay here and wait for me to lead the troops to reinforce the West Village!" He was about to lead his troops out of the camp, but Han Dang saw him and hurriedly stopped him and said: "Brother Gongfu, wait a minute. It's hard to see anything around now. If this is the enemy's plan, what should we do?" Huang Gai saw that he would not give way, so he thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Liu Bei has many soldiers and horses. If he insists on a fierce attack, the West Camp will be difficult to defend." "If the enemy is really attacking the stronghold, and we don't go to reinforce them, what will happen if the western stronghold is captured?" When Han Dang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to respond. This is the current situation. They have set up two camps in the mountains. The small camp in the west is in a dangerous position and has few soldiers and horses. The east side is relatively difficult to defend, so the main forces are all concentrated here. But both camps are important routes forward, and losing either one would put them in a passive position. Liu Bei probably knew that they did not have enough troops, so he launched a fierce attack on the west camp. If we don’t send reinforcements now, the West Camp may fall. If we send reinforcements, in case it is an enemy strategy, the East Camp may fall again! Before he knew the enemy's intentions, any decision he made could lead to the defeat of the battle, so he was in a dilemma: "The enemy's strategists are cunning, and it's hard for us to decide. How about asking the two gentlemen first?" Upon hearing this, Huang Gai had no choice but to follow Han Dang all the way towards the camp of Zhang Hong and others. In fact, the two men had been awakened by the shouting and killing. When they saw the two generals coming, they asked what had happened. After listening to the argument between Han Dang and Huang Gai, Zhang Hong said: "It's dark now, so don't leave lightly. Send someone to investigate in detail. It won't be too late to send reinforcements later." Upon hearing this, the two men hurriedly sent out spies. Unexpectedly, just as the spies set out, they received a letter from Sun Fu asking for help.

It is said that Liu Bei's army has a large number of troops stationed in the mountains and is attacking the West Village fiercely! When Zhang Hong heard this, he immediately said to the two of them: "If the enemy is like this, there must be a change in Chungu. You can lead 3,000 soldiers to reinforce immediately!" "Otherwise, once the West Village is captured, our army will be defeated!" After receiving the suggestion, Huang Gai ordered his troops to march quickly from the rear camp towards the west camp. But they didn't know that at this moment, Liu Bei's main force of more than 20,000 troops was stationed outside the camp. As Huang Gai left the camp, a spy returned to report to Liu Bei. After hearing the news, Liu Bei smiled and said to Qin Zhen beside him: "Just as the military advisor predicted, the enemy has indeed sent out reinforcements!" Facing Lao Liu's praise, Qin Zhen smiled modestly and said: "It's just a bluff. If Sun Lang were here, this plan would be difficult to implement." "Now that the enemy troops have left the stronghold, the stronghold is empty. Our army can mobilize now!" "Our army will attack from the front. When Zilong and his men see us, they will attack from the rear. We can take down this stronghold in one battle!" When Liu Bei heard this, he smiled, swung his sword, and ordered his generals to launch a fierce attack on Sun Ce's camp. More than 20,000 people shouted in unison, and the echo resounded throughout the mountains. Huang Gai was leading his troops halfway when he suddenly heard shouts and screams from the east. He was terrified and thought to himself: "Liu Bei has never attacked so fiercely since he came here. Now he is being attacked from two directions. What should he do?" As he was thinking this, he suddenly saw a lot of torches in the mountains to the west. He thought that there were still more than 7,000 people in the camp, which should be enough to resist Liu Bei's army. After thinking for a moment, he continued walking westward. At the same time, Zhang Fei and others led their troops all the way to the front of the camp, with sword and shield soldiers in the front and archers in the back, and they rushed towards the gate of the camp under a rain of arrows. As for those within a hundred steps, archers drew their arrows and shot them fiercely into the village. Soldiers with swords and shields reached the foot of the village, slashing with swords, burning with fire, and ramming the doors with battering rams. Their attack was extremely fierce. Han Dang and others asked Huang Gai to go for reinforcement, but they did not expect that the main camp was attacked fiercely by Liu Bei's army. Seeing that the enemy's attack was very urgent, he personally led his troops to the gate of the village to resist, and had dozens of people guarding the gate firmly. On one hand, the sword and shield soldiers were sent to defend against the rain of arrows, while on the other hand, the halberd soldiers were sent to the camp to force back the enemy with the halberd blades. The two sides fought in one place, making the mountain road extremely lively, with loud gongs and drums and sounds of killing. Upon seeing this, Han Dang took his spear and went up to the camp to observe the enemy's situation. He took a look in the light of the fire and was immediately startled. All I saw outside the village was a sea of ​​Liu Bei's soldiers, with spears and halberds like a forest, which was terrifying. Seeing this scene, he knew he had fallen into a trap. Liu Bei's main attacking troops were right here! For a moment he thought of calling Huang Gai back, but then he realized it was too late, so he had to order the soldiers in the camp to quickly come to the front camp to resist. But at this moment, Zhao Yun and Xu Sheng took advantage of the night to sneak into the rear camp.

It turned out that after the two men arrived in Fanchang, they had been keeping their troops in place, not even daring to set up camp, and had been eating millet cakes in the mountains for two days. After waiting for two days, they finally received a reply from Liu Bei, asking them to seize the opportunity and cooperate in capturing the main camp. After hearing the letter, the two men waited for the opportunity until today when they heard shouting and killing in the west, and then they led their troops around the valley and came to the rear camp. Originally, according to Zhao Yun's idea, once they arrived here, they could launch an attack and share Liu Bei's pressure, but Xu Sheng heard this idea and gave him a suggestion: "Now the lord has many soldiers, while we have few. If the lord wants to attack, he must break through the main gate." "The enemy is defending the stronghold, so we will contain them here, and it will be difficult to break through the front gate." "Why not wait for the enemy troops to reinforce the front camp, and then we can attack from the front and break through the gate!" Zhao Yun listened to it and waited for the opportunity with his troops until Han Dang mobilized the troops in the rear camp. He was overjoyed and said: "The enemy has indeed withdrawn their troops from the rear camp. It is time for us to perform our mission!" Then Xu Sheng formed a vanguard team and launched a fierce attack on the rear of Fanchang Village. At this time, Liu Bei's troops were all in front of the camp, and Sun Ce's army thought that the troops were all in the front. They never imagined that Zhao Yun, Xu Sheng and others had sneaked here. As a result, the rear camp was completely unprepared, and Xu Sheng, with more than 300 people, climbed over the fence and charged directly into the village. Zhao Yun led his troops outside and ordered people to burn the barricades. Suddenly, he saw the gate of the camp was open. He was delighted and ordered his soldiers to charge into the camp. More than 7,000 people rushed into the stronghold at one stroke, setting fire along the way. The stronghold was suddenly engulfed in flames. Han Dang and others were resisting Liu Bei's main force in the front camp when they suddenly saw a fire in the rear. They were shocked and asked the cause. Then a soldier with blood all over his face ran towards the front camp, shouting: "General, something terrible has happened. Our rear camp has been breached by the enemy!" Hearing this, Han Dang felt his liver and gallbladder tremble, his hands and feet turned cold, and he said: "The main force of Liu Bei's army is here. Where did the troops come from to attack our rear?" He naturally didn't know the tactics of concentrating troops in Qin Zhen, he just felt that Liu Bei's troops were everywhere. As he stood there in a daze, he suddenly heard a gust of wind in his ears, and with a whoosh, a stray arrow pierced his shoulder. Seeing this, Han Dang became ruthless and broke the arrow with one hand, shouting: "Although the gate of the village has been breached, we will fight to the death. You all stay here and wait for me to lead the troops to defeat the enemy!" After saying this, he raised his long spear and led his troops to attack the rear. After marching for a while, he saw that the troops in the rear were in chaos. Han Dang saw this and hurriedly stopped his troops and shouted to everyone: "Don't panic, don't panic, help me stop the enemy troops!" While he was speaking, he saw a general in a white robe riding a horse towards him, wielding his spear like a silver snake, unstoppable. Han Dang was horrified when he saw this and asked who the person was. He then heard the other person shout: "Zhao Zilong of Changshan is here, the enemy will die!" With such a loud shout, the white horse and the silver spear rushed straight towards him. Han Dang saw that the man had an unusual appearance and responded hastily. Because his horse lance was very long, he wanted to stab the horse with the lance. But when he stretched out his spear, he saw Zhao Yun stabbing with his spear, and suddenly shook it, the spear shaft hit the spear, and then a huge force came.

Han Dang's shoulder was already injured, so how could he hold on? The front door opened wide, and a flash of silver light pierced his chest. In severe pain, Han Dang looked down and screamed, then grabbed the spear and pulled it hard, almost pulling Zhao Yun off the horse. Fortunately, Zhao Yun was an excellent horseman, and he quickly squeezed the horse's belly to pull out the spear. Han Dang lost his support and fell to the ground. Thinking of his previous conversation with Huang Gai, he couldn't help but laugh miserably: "Brother Gongfu, although I am a few years older than you, I will chase you first!" Before he could finish his words, he vomited blood, his eyes widened, and he died. After Zhao Yun killed Han Dang, he saw how stubborn he was and ordered his men to collect his body carefully while he continued to charge forward. At this point, Han Dang, one of the four veteran generals of Jiangdong, died on the battlefield. As the Jiangdong pillar collapsed, there was a loud rumbling sound in the sky, and rain began to fall instantly. (End of this chapter)